January 25, 2026, 91, Mount Olive – Harriett Pate Taylor, 91, found rest in death on Sunday, January 25, 2026, while being cared for at Snow Hill Memory Care Nursing Home in Snow Hill.
Mrs. Taylor was a native of the Brock’s Chapel section near Mount Olive. She was the daughter of the late Elijah and Sallie Mac Pate, the widow of Emmett Taylor, mother of the late Sharon Hill Rochelle and the late Forrest Hill, and sister of the late Russell and Doris W. Pate. She leaves behind a sister, Carrie Mae Pate, of Mount Olive; grandson, Clifton Hill, of Greenville; granddaughter, Felicia Lehman of West VA; granddaughter Christina Cole, and several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Taylor had been a long time employee of Caswell Center in Kinston where she was a health care technician.
Funeral services will be held Friday, January 30, at 12:00 noon at Tyndall Funeral Home. The family will receive friends and relatives at the funeral home during the hour before the service.
Burial will follow the service at the Pate Cemetery. Floral tributes are welcome.
